this was originally on the main page's blue box.<P>but i needed to move it for space reasons, so if ya didn't get to read it, here go:<P>"I got an e-mail from a girl called Mystic (hi there!)and since aol keeps bouncing the reply back to me i'll answer her question here:<P> Ferdinand is both a blue canary and the Bluebird of Happiness because in this strip, bluebirds are not necessarily the only ones gifted with the Happiness magic. <P>Any bird who is blue, carries the magic as long as they are blue. The initial magic does wear off with the blue color, hence avians like bluebirds and bluejays have advantages for their blue does not wear out. <P>Now you know why Ferdinand buys the same blue dye Darren "Gav" Bleuel does. 8^) More on this later in the comic. Don't need to give away ALL my secrets!"<P>-kathryn